Upcoming releases
May 2021
Two or The Dragon will be releasing their 2nd EP with Ruptured Music. Also in May 2021, Stellar Banger (a quartet collaboration between Two or The Dragon and German duo GiwBull) will be releasing their 1st EP with Ruptured Music as well.
May 2021
Two or The Dragon will be releasing their 2nd EP with Ruptured Music. Also in May 2021, Stellar Banger (a quartet collaboration between Two or The Dragon and German duo GiwBull) will be releasing their 1st EP with Ruptured Music as well.
prelude for the triumphant man
EP released on Nawa Recordings 2017
Nawa Recordings is an independent record label focused on releasing new, alternative, and experimental music from the Arab world.
Abed Kobeissy, buzuq, effects, vocals // Ali Hout daholla, effects
Nawa Recordings is an independent record label focused on releasing new, alternative, and experimental music from the Arab world.
Abed Kobeissy, buzuq, effects, vocals // Ali Hout daholla, effects
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Two or The Dragon's 3 part EP "Prelude For The Triumphant Man” kicks off with a deconstructed melodic coughing of the Saba Maqam (Arabic music mode), romanticizing the phantom-like presence of the drilling and banging of post-war reconstruction and urban development sites, the incessant hum and vibration of thousands of small privately owned electricity generators and water pumps in building entrances, the constant grid-locked traffic, leading to a strange yet inevitable sort of faint melancholy. Enter an unjustified dance, a pop moment with a leading tumultuous buzuq and an edgy processed darbouka, in a dangerous and festive celebration of absurd accomplishments. Enter the poet who introduces the victor, with a wailing political rallying poem about a great and holy triumph to come, spoken in an unfathomable pseudo-Arabic tongue, of which we can’t understand a word, but the speech works nonetheless. "Prelude For The Triumphant Man” is about the tyrant-god's triumph over everything else.
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Anthology of Electroacoustic Lebanese music
2 tracks on a compilation released on Unexplained Sounds Group (2018)
Unexplained Sounds Group is a platform run by Sonologyst (Raffaele Pezzella) to investigate the experimental worldwide music scene.
Unexplained Sounds Group is a platform run by Sonologyst (Raffaele Pezzella) to investigate the experimental worldwide music scene.
Following the Second World War (1945-1949), Beirut established itself as the cultural capital of the Middle East, with the Lebanese music scene leading the way. Lebanese music has a distinct sound due to the country’s unique fusion of Western and Eastern influences. Even Lebanese folk compositions often reference Western contemporary music. After 15 years of civil war and a decade of post war rehabilitation, the situation of alternative art and especially music was very poor in Lebanon. Things began to change around 2000 with the arrival of a new generation of musicians, born at the beginning and during the war, more interested in experimental art forms than in fame or glory. The experimental music scene in Beirut, may exist in relative geographic isolation from other global movements of a similar ilk, but over the past fifteen years it has become a dynamic hub for a dense concentration of fiercely independent musical voices. From humble beginnings and tiny numbers, the close-knit community has grown and thrived.
Unexplained Sounds Group is proud to release an anthology of the contemporary electroacoustic music from Lebanon. As always the compilation doesn’t pretend to be exhaustive of the whole Lebanese experimental scene, being the main goal, simply to turn on a spotlight on it. Another chapter of the "experimental surveys" series to map the best upcoming music from the international underground scene. Special thanks to Joseph Doumet for his support, and to all artists involved in the project for their kind and much appreciated collaboration. |
OISEAUX-TEMPÊTE // TARAB
Collaboration with Oiseaux-Tempête
TARAB is The live recording of the AL'AN album tour in 2017
2 LP limited red/white vinyl + 4 page insert + download
Released on Sub Rosa (2018)
TARAB is The live recording of the AL'AN album tour in 2017
2 LP limited red/white vinyl + 4 page insert + download
Released on Sub Rosa (2018)
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'TARAB is a brilliant live album to follow up the release of AL-‘AN! and a fascinating example of what Oiseaux-Tempête has to offer as a live musical collective.' ECHOES AND DUST - UK // 'A generous invitation to experience, to meditate and to share.' THE ATTIC - RO // 'Deftly melding genres and influences aplenty, as well as elements of improvisation, the mighty and majestic ‘Palindrome Series’ takes a myriad of sonic twists and turns throughout its 10m55s. Take a listen now.' CAST THE DICE - UK // 'Music knows no borders' AGAINST THE SILENCE - GR // 'Exceptionnel' X-SILENCE - FR //
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Frédéric D. Oberland, Stéphane Pigneul, Mondkopf, G.W.Sok, Sylvain Joasson, Charbel Haber, Two or The Dragon, As Human Pattern, DL bonus track including Radwan Ghazi Moumneh
OISEAUX-TEMPÊTE // AL'an
AL-'AN ! (And Your Night Is Your Shadow; A Fairy Tale Of Piece Of Land To Make Our Dreams)
Collaboration with Oiseaux-Tempête on their album
2 LP green clear vinyl + printer innersleeves + download card
Released on Sub Rosa (2018)
Collaboration with Oiseaux-Tempête on their album
2 LP green clear vinyl + printer innersleeves + download card
Released on Sub Rosa (2018)
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A monumental album experience' EXCLAIM! - CA // 'An impressive series of builds leads to a howling, wailing climax. Oiseaux-Tempête is French for storm petrels, and they've unleashed some engaging musical havoc on their journey across the Mediterranean to clasp hands in Lebanon.' THE WIRE - UK // "It's weighty material, musically and thematically" THE QUIETUS - UK // Oiseaux-Tempête creates a stormy stratosphere of their own design.' IMPOSE MAGAZINE - USA // 'It’s not often that one gets to experience such rich, improvised textures' THE ATTIC MAGAZINE' - AUS // 'So yes ~ this instrumental site is interested in what Oiseaux-Tempête has to say, but more importantly, how they say it ~ with or without words, but with grace, energy, creativity and perseverance, worthy traits to possess in this or any world, no matter what the climate.' A CLOSER LISTEN - USA // 'A sprawling socio-political musical journey that oscillates intently between shade and light.' INDIE 30 - AUS // 'Albums like this make something new from their incorporation of so many elements without compromise and without patronising the listener with watered-down Orientalism. It’s an absorbing listen.' VANGUARD ONLINE - UK
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Frédéric D. Oberland, Stéphane Pigneul, Mondkopf, G.W.Sok, Tamer Abu Ghazaleh, Charbel Haber, Sharif Sehnaoui, Sylvain Joasson, Two or The Dragon, Youmna Saba, Pascal Semerdjian, Stéphane Rives, Blackthread, As Human Pattern
On the beach of the Atlantic (from the AL'AN tour)